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4.2.1 Requirements for running LilyPond
This section contains the list of separate software packages that are required to run LilyPond.
- DejaVu fonts These are normally installed by default.
- FontConfig Use version 2.4.0 or newer.
- Freetype Use version 2.1.10 or newer.
- Ghostscript Use version 8.60 or newer.
- Guile Use version 1.8.8. Version 2.x of Guile is not currently supported.
- Pango User version 1.12 or newer.
- Python Use version 2.4 or newer.
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International fonts. For example:
Fedora:
fonts-arabic fonts-hebrew fonts-ja fonts-xorg-truetype taipeifonts ttfonts-ja ttfonts-zh_CN
Debian based distributions:
emacs-intl-fonts fonts-ipafont-gothic fonts-ipafont-mincho xfonts-bolkhov-75dpi xfonts-cronyx-75dpi xfonts-cronyx-100dpi xfonts-intl-.*
These are normally installed by default and are required only to create music with international text or lyrics.
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